Meanings of function autism in English

Comedian Nick Gibbs' life changed drastically when he was diagnosed with high- functioning autism two years ago.

One woman writing on Mumsnet said her son had high- functioning autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Asperger's is a form of high- functioning autism.

In high- functioning autism, features such as intense or obsessive focus and unwavering attention to detail are also common.

Max has Asperger's Syndrome, high- functioning autism.

She informed the school that he was a child with high- functioning autism, who had little speech and impaired social skills.

Here we report a clinical case of autism with a deletion on chromosome 2 in a young male with high- functioning autism.

The nine-year-old has high functioning autism and ADHD and receives just a couple of hours of teacher aide assistance per day.

The boy, who suffers from a form of high- functioning autism, has now been at the centre for more than six months.

The mother of a child with high functioning autism yesterday accused the Department of Education of "penny-pinching" behaviour towards her son.

She also said he had traits of high functioning autism and the possibility of developing obsessive compulsive disorder particularly in relation to food and eating.

I think it's important to mention that Daniel has high- functioning autism because many educators tend to steer children on the Autism spectrum towards STEM fields.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been developed and modified to treat anxiety symptoms in youth with high- functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but has yielded varying findings.

A December, 2001, Wired magazine article titled "The Geek Syndrome" paints the portrait of several scientifically gifted children diagnosed with high- functioning autism or Asperger Syndrome.